Rally for protection of OKC city employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation

LGBT Advocates Denounce Attack on Municipal Employment Protections

February 24, 2012 – Tulsa, Oklahoma – Today leaders from prominent equality groups joined together in condemning proposed legislation that would strike down nondiscrimination policies for municipal employees that include classes not Read More »

Dr. Ed Shadid being sworn in as member of Oklahoma City Council on 4/12/11. A few months later he proposed changing the city personnel policy to include "sexual orientation".

House bill would overturn all local laws that protect LGBT municipal employees

Action alert from The Equality Network: Urgent! Bigoted State Rep. Mike Reynold (the same guy who tried to reinstate DADT for the Oklahoma National Guard) has another bill introduced, that will strike Read More »

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Rep. John Sullivan (OK-1) apologizes for remark about killing Senators

Talking Points Memo reports: Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) sent TPM a public apology Thursday after we obtained audio of the five-term Republican telling constituents at a town hall this week that he’d Read More »

Barricades block Capitol steps behind protest in October 2011

Legislation would let state sell unneeded buildings to fund maintainance of others

It looks like someone might finally have a plan to do something about our crumbling State Capitol. Press release from House of Representatives: Lawmakers Vote to Address State Building Maintenance OKLAHOMA CITY Read More »

Frosty Troy, founder of the Oklahoma Observer, and Arnold Hamilton, its current editor and publisher

Oklahoma Observer features injustice of Payday lending racket

‘PayDay MayDay’ is the cover story in the new issue (Feb. 25)  of the Oklahoma Observer. Observer editor Arnold Hamilton wrote the piece. Just before Thanksgiving, about 50 Baptists of varying stripes Read More »

LGBT Advocates Denounce Attack on Municipal Employment Protections

Rally for protection of OKC city employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation

February 24, 2012 – Tulsa, Oklahoma – Today leaders from prominent equality groups joined together in condemning proposed legislation that would strike down nondiscrimination policies for municipal employees that include classes not protected under state employee nondiscrimination policies. The state’s nondiscrimination policy does not encompass marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or political affiliation. Introduced

Jay Parmley: “I’m coming home” (to conduct DFA training event)

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Former Oklahoma Democratic Party chair Jay Parmley will be involved with the DFA Campaign Academy being held in Tulsa March 3-4. The following email message was sent out today to DFA members in Oklahoma over Jay’s name. He left OK in 2008 to serve as Executive Director for the South Carolina Democratic Party and last

House bill would overturn all local laws that protect LGBT municipal employees

Dr. Ed Shadid being sworn in as member of Oklahoma City Council on 4/12/11. A few months later he proposed changing the city personnel policy to include "sexual orientation".

Action alert from The Equality Network: Urgent! Bigoted State Rep. Mike Reynold (the same guy who tried to reinstate DADT for the Oklahoma National Guard) has another bill introduced, that will strike down all of the municipal ordinances in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Miami, McAlester, Del City, Vinita, Altus, and Vinita that protect LGBT municipal employees

Rep. John Sullivan (OK-1) apologizes for remark about killing Senators

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Talking Points Memo reports: Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) sent TPM a public apology Thursday after we obtained audio of the five-term Republican telling constituents at a town hall this week that he’d have to personally shoot members of the U.S. Senate to get a budget passed through the chamber. Sullivan, a conservative Republican from Oklahoma’s

Mayor Cornett to launch Safeguard My Meds campaign

Prescription Medication Spilling From an Open Medicine Bottle

OKLAHOMA CITY – Mayor Mick Cornett , in partnership with the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), is launching a public service campaign on Tuesday, Feb 28 to educate families about the importance of safe storage and disposal of prescription medications. The campaign touts on these alarming statistics: Every day, more than 2,500 teenagers abuse prescription

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